Nuclear America
Sean confesses to Nikki
After we had eaten our fill, we sat back and rested a little more from our long journey. A while later, in the afternoon, we all got up and sat in a circle. We now faced the problem of shelter. As far as we could see, there were only stores, no houses. We walked more to find a couple spread-out houses on the very edge of town. The center of this town was their vast array of stores, and the actual houses were on the outside. Once again, we took two separate houses, the boys in one and the girls in the other. Sean had told me that this was the night. He was going to confess to Nikki tonight. So, when we were going to the houses, he whispered to her,
“Meet me outside the guys’ house in back okay?” She whispered back,
“Sure.” That was the arrangement for tonight. When everyone else was asleep, the two snuck out of the houses. They met in back of the boys’ house, hoping that no one was looking at them, suspecting the wrong thing. There was a full moon and they could both tell that the other was blushing. They stood like that for a while, both saying nothing, until Sean mumbled something. “Hmmm?” Nikki said in response. Sean quickly said,
“I-I…I love you,” shut his eyes tight, and slammed his head against the wall. Hard. I heard the vibrations through the wall, and since my room was on the back of the house, I looked out the window to investigate. I saw the scene, smiled to myself, and as quietly as I could, shut the window. I laid back in my bed, hands behind my head and legs crossed, hoping that Sean had got lucky.
Meanwhile outside, Nikki reached out with her hand and stopped Sean from continuing to smash his head against the wall. She turned him around so that they were face-to-face, and shakily said,
“Guess what? I think that I love you too.” There was another long pause where both of their faces were bright red. We thought that Sean’s face couldn’t get any redder, but we were wrong. They both just stood there for a moment, both shocked by what they themselves had said and what the other had said. Nikki was thinking that it was a dream, while Sean thought that it was a dream come true. They looked into each other’s eyes, held the gaze for a moment, and then Nikki closed her eyes and slowly moved her face closer to Sean. All of a sudden, he felt her warm lips on his. His eyes were still open, but he closed them and returned the kiss. This was Sean’s first kiss, and he was very nervous. He kissed back as best as he could, but he didn’t think that he did very well. Their lips parted and they looked at each other again. “Y’know, you’re a pretty good kisser, Sean.”
“Thanks, this is actually my first time…”
“Well was your first a good one?”
“Ya you’re a good kisser too.” With this they shared a smile, kissed again, this time just a short one, and bid each other goodnight. I heard them leaving, and the front door opening as Sean walked in. He crept inside, climbed up the stairs to the hallway with our rooms, and walked straight into my room. “Okay, I know that you were watching.”
“Well, good job.”
“Huh?”
“Well, it worked out didn’t it?”
“Ya…but-”
“Well then good job.” With this, Sean sighed, looked down, and walked into his own room. He had a pleasant sleep that night, but the day to come was going to be much less pleasant.
“Meet me outside the guys’ house in back okay?” She whispered back,
“Sure.” That was the arrangement for tonight. When everyone else was asleep, the two snuck out of the houses. They met in back of the boys’ house, hoping that no one was looking at them, suspecting the wrong thing. There was a full moon and they could both tell that the other was blushing. They stood like that for a while, both saying nothing, until Sean mumbled something. “Hmmm?” Nikki said in response. Sean quickly said,
“I-I…I love you,” shut his eyes tight, and slammed his head against the wall. Hard. I heard the vibrations through the wall, and since my room was on the back of the house, I looked out the window to investigate. I saw the scene, smiled to myself, and as quietly as I could, shut the window. I laid back in my bed, hands behind my head and legs crossed, hoping that Sean had got lucky.
Meanwhile outside, Nikki reached out with her hand and stopped Sean from continuing to smash his head against the wall. She turned him around so that they were face-to-face, and shakily said,
“Guess what? I think that I love you too.” There was another long pause where both of their faces were bright red. We thought that Sean’s face couldn’t get any redder, but we were wrong. They both just stood there for a moment, both shocked by what they themselves had said and what the other had said. Nikki was thinking that it was a dream, while Sean thought that it was a dream come true. They looked into each other’s eyes, held the gaze for a moment, and then Nikki closed her eyes and slowly moved her face closer to Sean. All of a sudden, he felt her warm lips on his. His eyes were still open, but he closed them and returned the kiss. This was Sean’s first kiss, and he was very nervous. He kissed back as best as he could, but he didn’t think that he did very well. Their lips parted and they looked at each other again. “Y’know, you’re a pretty good kisser, Sean.”
“Thanks, this is actually my first time…”
“Well was your first a good one?”
“Ya you’re a good kisser too.” With this they shared a smile, kissed again, this time just a short one, and bid each other goodnight. I heard them leaving, and the front door opening as Sean walked in. He crept inside, climbed up the stairs to the hallway with our rooms, and walked straight into my room. “Okay, I know that you were watching.”
“Well, good job.”
“Huh?”
“Well, it worked out didn’t it?”
“Ya…but-”
“Well then good job.” With this, Sean sighed, looked down, and walked into his own room. He had a pleasant sleep that night, but the day to come was going to be much less pleasant.